Mountain Survival Fiction

Discovering their newfound tradition and love for camping at the Grand Tetons, The Campground Kids anticipate their next adventure—exploring the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Killing the sadistic warlord known as the Dog Tongue took everything Gus Berry had, including the woman he loved. Now, all he wants is to get away from the bloody scene of their final showdown. But when he heads west in a stolen truck, a brutal snowstorm forces him to turn back—and seek refuge in the Dog Tongue’s former headquarters. Though it’s littered with human carnage, the abandoned luxury hotel has a lot to offer a guy like Gus. But in addition to soft beds and working toilets, he encounters still-lurking dangers both living and undead.

How far would you go to save someone you resent? Sullen teenager Sam is trapped on a forced march up a mountain with Cal, the father he barely knows—a man more comfortable with past ghosts than with his own son. An argument on the trail leaves their raw emotional wounds exposed, with cruel words that can never be taken back. But when a sudden, brutal blizzard engulfs the peak and a catastrophic fall leaves Cal broken and helpless, their simmering conflict becomes a desperate fight for life. In a terrifying reversal of roles, Sam must become the rescuer. Battling blinding snow, relentless ...

Josef Matt, the only man to ever try to conquer this last summit of the Alps, met his end in the pursuit. Now his son, Rudi, dares to complete the same task in memory of his father. Setting off with his father's red shirt, Rudi must courageously pass through the same chasm that took his father's life and finish the challenging climb in order to plant the shirt at the peak.

A mountain girl in the early 1900’s copes with a marriage arranged by her dad. Her story is titled from an old saying “I own my land, heaven-high and hell-deep.” “Your pa gave his consent for us to marry,” he said the words as though it was a simple matter. It wasn’t a romantic proposal of love and devotion. It wasn’t a proposal at all. I opened my mouth but nothing came out. I tried again. “I don’t know your name,” I managed to say as I felt my chest constrict. There was a pain in me that started at my toes and went to the roots of my hair. Dad had come up with a ...

When Peter Anderson loses his job and his sense of purpose, he heads into the winter wilderness of Garibaldi Provincial Park in British Columbia seeking clarity—but instead finds himself trapped in a deadly blizzard with no way out. Freezing, starving, and losing hope, Peter is discovered by Cora Holt, a strong, soft-spoken widow living entirely off-grid in a remote mountain cabin accessible only by horseback. Cora nurses him back to life while storms and isolation close them in for days. As Peter heals, he discovers the quiet strength beneath Cora’s solitude, and she finds in him a ...

One pulse… and civilization crumbles. A catastrophic EMP attack plunges the world into darkness, igniting a global nuclear war that wipes out 90% of humanity. With law and order collapsing, survivors must fight not only for food and shelter—but for their lives. Colonel Thomas Bradley, a brilliant electronic warfare expert, leads a desperate group of survivors deep into the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository. Inside the massive underground facility, they battle against dwindling resources, radioactive fallout, and relentless attacks from militant factions determined to take what ...

A widowed mountain girl copes with running her farm, getting another husband, and having children. Above all she strives to protect her mountain from land speculators. His hat was pulled low over his black hair and his shirt sleeves were rolled up almost to his elbows. His hands appeared strong and in control as he held the reins of his high stepping horse. He looked a little thinner than he used to be and a lot more tired. “What’s wrong?” he asked me fast. “You’ve got to go back to Banners Elk,” I told him, forgetting about supper. His eyes widened with concern. “Should you ...

Frightful, the peregrine falcon who first appeared in My Side of the Mountain, is back. Her amazing journey through life continues in the face of many rousing wildlife adventures. Will she survive the wilderness, even though she was raised by a human? When an old friend rescues her from captors, Frightful soars into the unfamiliar woodlands and searches for home. Before finding her mountain, she adopts a nest of motherless peregrine chicks.

They called her Mountain Mama. She didn’t mind. She’d earned it. Alone for over twenty years in the heart of the Ozarks, she carved out a life from snow, silence, and stubbornness. No electricity. No company. No regrets. The quiet didn’t scare her—it fed her. She survived not just the elements, but her past. And when something ancient began to stir beneath the mountain, it wasn’t a rescue party she needed—it was resolve. This is not a love story. It’s not a tragedy. It’s the true rhythm of one woman’s survival, transformation, and unbreakable bond with the wild. If ...

Living off the land and adapting to a changing environment takes a special individual with the unique skills, training, and determination necessary to survive. Gus Berry is not that individual. The former house painter barely made it out of Annapolis as its population underwent a violent transformation, leaving everyone he knew or loved dead—or undead. Now, Gus needs food and booze, weapons and armor, clothing that fits, and above all, toilet paper, preferably two-ply.

Long the dominant icon embodying the spirit of America's frontier past, the image of the cowboy no longer stands alone as the ultimate symbol of independence and self-reliance. The great canvas of the Western landscape - in art, books, film - is today shared by the figures called "Mountain Men". Tales of the Mountain Men presents in one book many of the most engaging and revealing portraits of mountain men ever written.

STILL WALKING Surviving the Mountains, Memories, and Monsters by William Ferrier Jr. When the plane went down, Maya thought the worst thing she’d face was the cold. She was wrong. Maya Chen-Rodriguez survives the impossible—an air-crash deep in the Bitterroot Mountains. Injured, alone, and with a damaged prosthetic leg, she should not be alive. But when she discovers her grandmother Rose wandered from the wreckage—confused, bleeding, and slipping into the fog of early-onset dementia—Maya makes a decision that will change her forever. She goes after her. What Maya doesn’t know is ...

What happens when an EMP sends the West Coast back into the stone age? What happens when all means of transportation and communication suddenly vanish? What happens when you can’t call for help? What happens when the only person you can rely on is yourself? As society falls into dismay, Carolyn Towne charges headlong into the escalating chaos to protect the only thing she holds dear: her family.

Snowbound Secrets By Morgan Cipher ❄️ A luxury cabin. A historic blizzard. And a secret that refuses to stay buried. Former deputy turned wilderness guide Claire Winters knows the Montana mountains are dangerous, but she wasn’t prepared for the threat waiting inside Whispering Pines Lodge. When a catastrophic storm traps her with six wealthy strangers, the isolation quickly turns deadly. Among the guests is Archer Reed, a man with haunting eyes and a secret connection to the lodge’s dark past. He’s looking for answers about his aunt’s mysterious death thirty years ago—a death ...

“When you die people cry and beg for you to come back. But, when you do, there's the running and the screaming….” Ethan and Chloe leave their apartment in the city. To spend the weekend at Ethan’s family cabin in the mountains. It’s the first time his fiancé Chloe will meet his whole family. It's just a family reunion during a Total Eclipse. What could possibly go wrong. No one starts their day expecting the end of the world to be on that day. Maybe more people should. Even someone like Ethan, a former Army Ranger who owns a Private Security Firm with his friend John. Constantly ...

An ancient giant has awakened—one whose existence could rewrite the story of mankind. To keep the Nephilim from being captured, exploited, or unleashed upon the world, Heather and her team must escort the colossal being from the mist-shrouded mountains of Uganda to a hidden refuge in Tajikistan. But earning the trust of something that belongs more to legend than to history is no small task—and protecting it is even harder. Dustin “Cowboy” McCord holds the team together as bullets, exhaustion, and fear push them to the breaking point. Every step of their journey is shadowed by the ...

After a plane is forced to make an emergency landing in a remote area, the surviving crew and passengers must wait until a rescue team arrives. But they soon discover they are not alone in the wilderness, and the rescue team is not showing up anytime soon.

Some mountains are better left unexplored. Some creatures, undisturbed. Lux Branson thought her days of tracking Bigfoot were over. But when a famous filmmaker vanishes while shooting a documentary on a remote mountain, she’s drawn back into the world of monsters and mysteries. This time, it’s not about survival—it’s about exposure. With a new team, fresh dangers, and eyes from the outside world watching, Lux must navigate a treacherous terrain filled with secrets, sabotage, and something ancient that doesn’t want to be found. What lurks on Bigfoot Mountain is more than legend—...

An injured victim has disappeared… Can a park ranger and her K-9 find him? When search-and-rescue park ranger Autumn Mercer and her K-9 partner, Sherlock, meet a stranger in the mountains whose brother is injured, they drop everything to help. But all they find where Derek Peterson last saw...